yep, can echo this. had to upgrade my mx5 to mx80 for all the 10GE ports. junos 13.3-ish.
ry@iad1-er2> show system license usage Licenses Licenses Licenses Expiry Feature name used installed needed scale-subscriber 0 1000 0 permanent scale-l2tp 0 1000 0 permanent scale-mobile-ip 0 1000 0 permanent mx5-to-mx10-upgrade 0 1 0 permanent mx10-to-mx40-upgrade 0 1 0 permanent mx40-to-mx80-upgrade 0 1 0 permanent On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Graham Brown <juniper-...@grahambrown.info> wrote: > Hi Colton, > > This is now strictly enforced as of 12.2 > http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=KB23535&smlogin=true > (login required). The interfaces will appear and be configurable but a > licence timer will countdown to zero, at which point the interfaces are > deactivated and will go dark. A licence will then need to be applied in > order to reactivate the interfaces. > > show system license usage > License usage: > Licenses Licenses Licenses Expiry > Feature name used installed needed > scale-subscriber 0 1000 0 permanent > scale-l2tp 0 1000 0 permanent > scale-mobile-ip 0 1000 0 permanent > mx5-to-mx10-upgrade 1 0 1 29 days > mx10-to-mx40-upgrade 1 0 1 29 days > mx40-to-mx80-upgrade 1 0 1 29 days > > show system alarms > 3 alarms currently active > Alarm time Class Description > 2011-09-08 11:55:08 PDT Minor License grace period for feature > mx40-to-mx80-upgrade(104) is about to expire > 2011-09-08 11:55:08 PDT Minor License grace period for feature > mx10-to-mx40-upgrade(103) is about to expire > 2011-09-08 11:55:08 PDT Minor License grace period for feature > mx5-to-mx10-upgrade(102) is about to expire > > HTH, > Graham > > Graham Brown > Twitter - @mountainrescuer <https://twitter.com/#!/mountainrescuer> > LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamcbrown> > > On 1 May 2015 at 08:43, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I know legally you are not supposed to use the four 10G built in ports > on a > > Juniper MX5 unless you buy an upgrade license to a MX40 or MX80 level. I > > would like to know if technically will these ports work, or has Juniper > > software locked them down? > > > > Some old posts said that they have not locked them down.Others say you > can > > use it for 30 days, but then they don't mention what happens after 30 > days? > > Some say you can use it, but then the box constantly throws errors. > > > > I see from the feature explorer, version Junos OS 13.2R1 has a " > Enforcing > > license-based restrictions while upgrading Junos OS" feature.This feature > > is provided along with support for an upgrade license key for > license-based > > features. When upgrading a Junos OS installation, a license for a feature > > is considered valid if the release version in the license key is greater > > than or equal to the release version of the software upgrade. Valid > license > > keys are displayed in the output of the show system license command. > > > > > > > http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos14.2/topics/concept/junos-license-key-components.html > > > > In this guide it says: Restricting port capacity is achieved by making a > > set of MIC slots and ports licensable. MICs without a license are locked, > > and are unlocked or made usable by installing appropriate upgrade > > licenses. The > > base capacity of a router is identified by the Ideeprom assembly ID (I2C > > ID), which defines the board type. However, the Junos OS licensing > > infrastructure allows the use of restricted ports without a license for a > > grace period of 30 days. After the grace period expires, the router > reverts > > back to the base capacity if no upgrade license is purchased and > installed > > for the locked ports. > > Does anyone have real world experience with using the 10G ports on a MX5? > > _______________________________________________ > > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp